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![University of California proposes 'UC Ventures,' a fund of up to $250M](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/no.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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LinkedIn knows what you did last summer. It might know if that internship will lead to a job
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GuardiCore raises $11M to protect data centers from within
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StrataCloud raises $2M to keep on rocking with its data center management software
![Duke, NYU, & other schools join with Bayes Impact to let students solve big problems with big data](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/fellows.jpeg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Duke, NYU, & other schools join with Bayes Impact to let students solve big problems with big data
![Gmail improves spam filter as it extends its global reach](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/gmail.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Gmail improves spam filter as it extends its global reach
![EverString picks up $12M to hire more data scientists to predict business leads](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/man-binocular-antlio-shutterstock.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
EverString picks up $12M to hire more data scientists to predict business leads
![Uber simulated a city to teach drivers how to optimize their earnings](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/uber-taxi.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Uber simulated a city to teach drivers how to optimize their earnings
![Just 15 minutes of this blog post could save you up to 15% on your data center costs (thanks, Facebook!)](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/open-compute.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Just 15 minutes of this blog post could save you up to 15% on your data center costs (thanks, Facebook!)
![Google's latest invention: a data-warehousing system named Mesa](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Google's latest invention: a data-warehousing system named Mesa
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7-Eleven’s innovation team just compared its convenience-store chain to Uber
![Druva, using data protection as a starting point for analytics, picks up $25M](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/iphone-cloud-alexroz-hutterstock.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Druva, using data protection as a starting point for analytics, picks up $25M
![How Zappos uses third-party info like weather data to better personalize ads](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/beat0600.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
How Zappos uses third-party info like weather data to better personalize ads
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This video advertising startup just raised $2.8M to do its thing in more places
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LinkedIn's mobile profile revamp is a milestone. Now it's really serious about mobile
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Qualifacts raises money to bring its digital health records to more health care providers
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Google Docs now works with uploaded tracked changes from your Word documents
![WriteLaTeX picks up funding to push its collaborative academic writing tool](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/researcher-us-army-rdecom-flickr.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
WriteLaTeX picks up funding to push its collaborative academic writing tool
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Food-delivery startup SpoonRocket's site isn't down. Demand is just off the charts
![SpoonRocket website struck down by insane traffic on the first day of a huge PR stunt](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_6390.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
SpoonRocket website struck down by insane traffic on the first day of a huge PR stunt
![Internet of things startup Octoblu designs a platform that translates protocols](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/5159177886_1276e96f54_b.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Internet of things startup Octoblu designs a platform that translates protocols
![San Francisco city government wants to give your data back to you](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/large_8317213377.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
San Francisco city government wants to give your data back to you
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After the World Cup, Americans made a lot of friends with Brazilians
![Manzama raises $1.3M to keep more people from drowning in information](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/drowning-information-laptop-jirsak-shutterstock.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Manzama raises $1.3M to keep more people from drowning in information
![Meet Data for Good, the Hacker News for showing off your world-changing data science](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/swhh14-team-data-for-good.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Meet Data for Good, the Hacker News for showing off your world-changing data science
![How is this food-delivery startup standing out? By throwing $1 dinner parties](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_6390.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
How is this food-delivery startup standing out? By throwing $1 dinner parties
![IIX raises $10.4M to bring peering to everyone](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ethernet-cables-phil-hollenback-flickr.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
IIX raises $10.4M to bring peering to everyone
![Captricity raises $10M to grow its business of digitizing paperwork for enterprise customers](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/captricity.png?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Captricity raises $10M to grow its business of digitizing paperwork for enterprise customers
![IBM pushes its big data software at Chinese universities](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ibm-tower-beijing-china-edward-stojakovic-flickr.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
IBM pushes its big data software at Chinese universities
![Starting in September, you can learn about data science through Kaplan](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/2592761906_932b2e214f_o.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Starting in September, you can learn about data science through Kaplan
![Bay Area data scientists have come together to support this big data fellowship](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/typing-sebastien-wiertz-flickr.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Bay Area data scientists have come together to support this big data fellowship
![DataSift works with the United Nations to analyze social data for humanitarian missions](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/twitter-dragon.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
DataSift works with the United Nations to analyze social data for humanitarian missions
![Cornell University: We didn't review Facebook's mood-manipulation experiment](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/facebook-advertising.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Cornell University: We didn't review Facebook's mood-manipulation experiment
![The company behind your Clipper card just entered the big data business](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/clipper.jpeg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
The company behind your Clipper card just entered the big data business
![Code for America is working on reducing ER calls in Long Beach using big data](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/port_teamlongbeachroof.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Code for America is working on reducing ER calls in Long Beach using big data
![SpoonRocket hires a data scientist as it plans to expand to more cities](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_6391.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
SpoonRocket hires a data scientist as it plans to expand to more cities
![New 'forest fire' attacks might pose a big threat to your personal Facebook security](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/far-cry-2-grass-on-fire-screen-shot.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
New 'forest fire' attacks might pose a big threat to your personal Facebook security
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Cloud guru Adrian Cockcroft on Netflix, Amazon, Google, and DigitalOcean
![This new mobile app uses big data to analyze your face](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/facebook-picture-james-emery-flickr.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
This new mobile app uses big data to analyze your face
![Google chief Eric Schmidt is personally bankrolling this data-science think tank](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/eric-schmidt-testimony.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)